Planes, ships and trains Module 4 Planes, ships and trains

Unit 3 Language in use

Revision How do you often travel?

—How do you often travel? —I usually travel by plane. It is the fastest. How about you? —I often go by car. It is the most comfortable way to travel. —…

Language practice It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive. 2. He lives the farthest from school. 3. It is the fastest and the second cheapest. 4. The more information, the better.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. 1. This bus takes the _________ (long) time because it is the _______ (slow). 2. The new train travels the _________ (fast) of all the trains in the world. 3. The _________ (cheap) way to get there is by coach. longest slowest fastest cheapest

4. I am in a hurry. What is the _________ (fast) way to get there? 5. The fastest way to travel is by plane, but usually it is also the ______________ (expensive). fastest most expensive

Complete the conversation with the sentences in the box. By plane, but you have to go to the airport by taxi and that takes time too. b) The cheapest way is going by coach, but it is not very comfortable. c) The most comfortable way is going by train, but it takes more time than going by plane. d) There are three ways: by plane, by train and by coach.

C: How can I get to Beijing from here? TG: ______________________ C: Which is the fastest way? C: Which is the cheapest way? C: Which way is the most comfortable? C: Customer TG: Tourist guide d a b c

A: What’s the (1) ______ way to go to Qingdao? Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in the box. cheap close expensive good much slow A: What’s the (1) ______ way to go to Qingdao? B: We can take a plane, but that’s (2) _________. best expensive

We can also take a train. It’s (3) __________, but it’s not so expensive. The coach is the (4) __________ way to go, but it takes the (5) ______ time. A: So how should we go? B: I think the best way is by train because the train station is the (6) ________ to our home. slower cheapest most closest

Learning to learn Remember: It is easier to learn words and expressions by putting them in groups with a title, for example, Travelling: take a bus/plane/taxi/train, by bus/plane/taxi/train, bus stop/airport/taxi stand/train station.

Complete the word map. by taxi by bus take a taxi take a bus taxi bus taxi stand bus stop Travelling plane train by train airport by plane take a train train station take a plane

Work in pairs Choose a place you would like to visit. Ask and answer the questions about the ways by which you can get there. 1. What’s the cheapest way to get there?

2. What’s the most expensive way to get there? 3. What’s the fastest way to get there? 4. What’s the most comfortable way to 5. What’s the safest way to get there?

Complete the email with the words in the box. book choice cost travel trip FROM: Sally TO: Tony SUBJECT: Journey to China Hi Tony, My family is planning a journey to China in the summer.

We want to visit Beijing first We want to visit Beijing first. Do you think we should (1) _________ the plane tickets early? After Beijing, we want to visit Xi’an and Hangzhou, and maybe somewhere else. How can we (2) _________ from Beijing to Xi’an, by train or by plane? The (3) _______ is not so important, but the time is. book travel cost

After Xi’an, we want to go to Hangzhou After Xi’an, we want to go to Hangzhou. Is it better to go to Shanghai first, or can we go from Xi’an to Hangzhou directly? And after Hangzhou what’s the best (4) __________? Can we make a short (5) __________ to Suzhou? What do you think? Thanks for your help. Sally choice trip

Listen and match the cities with the information. 1. London 2. Birmingham 3. Oxford 4. Cambridge

a) the city with about four million people b) a small beautiful city c) the most expensive city d) the most interesting city e) the biggest city Keys: 1. 2. 3. 4. e, d, c a b b

Listen again and answer the questions. 1. Which city has the largest population? 2. Which cities have the oldest universities in the world? London. Oxford and Cambridge.

3. Which city is the nearest to London? 4. What are the popular places for sightseeing in London? Cambridge. Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge

Around the world The longest railway The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world. You can go from Moscow, the capital of Russia, to Vladivostok on the east coast. It is not the fastest way to travel from Moscow to Vladivostok, but it is the most interesting and also the most comfortable way.

for a family trip to a city in China Module task: Making a holiday plan for a family trip to a city in China

Work in groups Make a holiday plan for a family trip to a city in China. • Find a map of China. Choose a city to visit, and decide on the best way to get there. • Make a list of things to do there. • Present your plan to the class, and make notes about other groups’ plans.

I am planning a trip to the Forbidden City in Beijing I am planning a trip to the Forbidden City in Beijing. I want to go there by car, I think this is the most comfortable way to travel but also the most expensive….

Work in pairs Choose the best plan. • Use your notes to compare the different plans, and decide which one is best. I think the trip to Shanghai by train is better because the journey is shorter and there are a lot of interesting places to visit in Shanghai.

Homework Master the new words and useful expression in Module 4.